Los Angeles- Jae Seo of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched seven strong innings,allowing six hits and an unearned run to help the Los Angeles Dodgers win their fifth straight game 6-1 on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. This puts them within one-half game of the first place Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West.
In the third inning the Los Angeles Dodgers took the lead for good as they scored twice off Byung-Hyun Kim of the Colorado Rockies, when Olmedo Saenz singled home Rafael Furcal of the Los Angeles Dodgers and J.D. Drew of the Los Angeles Dodgers fielders choice scored Jose Cruz Jr. of the Los Angeles Dodgers, then in the Dodgers broke the game open by scoring four times combined in the sixth,seventh, and eighth innings highlighted by a Jeff Kent of the Los Angeles Dodgers RBI double and a Ramon Martinez of the Los Angeles Dodgers pinch-hit single that plated Jose Cruz Jr. of the Los Angeles Dodgers
It was yet another strong performance by the Los Angeles Dodgers who are gaining steam as each day passes.The game was the first matchup ever where two japanese against each other, which made Jae Seo of the Los Angeles Dodgers feel special, "To Korean fans, certain fans root for me and some for B-K. So it really didn't matter to them who won the game." Seo said through a translator. "It's just the fact that it's the first time Korean pitchers are throwing on the same field at the major league level. That became a really big issue in Korea, and I'm really proud. I'm proud of Korean players who play in the major leagues."while Byung-Hyun Kim of the Colorado Rockies didnt pitch poorly as he gave up six hits and three runs in his six innings of work with only one of the runs being earned, he could not matched Jae Seo of the Los Angeles Dodgers who has been lights out of late having allowed only one run in his last two starts, and his stellar outing caught the eye of Colorado Rockies manager Clint Hurdle who felt his team had only two real opportunity to get to Seo and didnt take full advantage of that chance, "We had a couple of shots at Jae Seo of the Los Angeles Dodgers early and weren't able to take advantage of them," Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said.
"After that he settled in. He challenged our discipline at the plate, threw a lot of strikes with his off-speed stuff and was very effective."Nomar Garciaparra of the Los Angeles Dodgers continued to swing a hot bat going one-for-one with a run scored to push his average to .369 on the season and has a terrific on-base percentage of .431 which ranks among the league leaders, the Los Angeles Dodgers improved their record to 25-20 and will face the Colorado Rockies in the second game of their three-game series tonight at Dodger Stadium as Brad Penny of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches against Jason Jennings of the Colorado Rockies, with the winner of tonights contest moving into sole possession of first place in the national league west if the Arizona Diamondbacks lose to the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
